Drainage and sediment-collecting section for house-boiler conduits.



D. C. LUOE. DRAINAGE AND SBDIME NT COLLECTING SECTION FOR HOUSE BOILERGONDU-ITS.

APPLIOATIOE rum) NOV. 9, 1910.

1,01 3,031. Patented Deg.26, 1911.

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DON onn'ris Loon, or oston-assessm nt;

DRAINAGE AND sEnmENr-coLLEo'rme SEQTION'FOR House-Bones oommxrs. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, DON CURTIS Loon, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drainage and Sediment-Collecting Sections for House-Boiler Conduits, of which'the following is aspecifieation.

This invention relates to circulating eonduits used to connect a houseboiler with the water front or back of an ordinary kitchen range, theboiler being located adjacent to the range and connected therewith by aflow pipe through whichwater passes from the water front to the boiler,and a return pipe through which the water passesfrom' thedinary pipe T,tyfo ofthe branches of which are connected two alined sections of thereturn pipe, wh gle the other branch .is con-- nected with a cock whichcontrols the outlet through said brakich.

My invention has for its object to provide, as a substitute for the Theretofore employed, a section or fitting, adapted not only to drain thewater from the system, but also to serve as a receptacle for sedimentcarriedby the water flowing from the boiler to the water front, saidsediment being removable by opening the outlet valve of the fitting; Theinvention consists in the improved conduit :crtion or Tsubstitute whichI will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which fol-ma part of thisspecification,+Figure 1 represents a side view of a house-boiler andparts of'the flow and return pipes which connect the same with thewaterfront; the 'return pipe being provided with a drainage andsediment-collecting section embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 represents aside view of the saiddraina-ge and sediment-collecting section, parts(it-the same being broken away, and Fig. 3 represents a sectionon line3-3 (if-Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe figures.

Specification of Letters Patentif' Patented Application filed November9, 1910. Serial No, 591,511.

In the drawings, 12 represents a house boiler which may be of anysuitable con struction.- 3 '13 represents the flow pipe which conmeetsthe water front or back of a rangc' with the upper portion of saidboiler, and 14, 14, represent sections of the return pipe which connectsthe lower portion of the boiler with the water front. Heretofore theother by two alined branches of a pipe T,

thethird branch of which projects downy war'dly from the return" pipe,and is pro vided with a cockwhich, when opera-per? mits the withdrawalof water.

In carrying out my invention I provide asa substitute for the T abovereferred to,-.a. flask 15, which is a hollow casting having at one end'acontracted neck 16 adapted to be connected with an outletcontrollingcock-or valve 17, and at the; opposite end an sections lethave been 'connected with each' elongated closed wall 18 extending in. adireetion at right angles with the neck 16. At opposite ends of the wall18 are formed sockets 19, .19, ,wlYich are in alinement with each otherand therefore extend at right angles with the neck 19, saidsocketsbelngadapted to engage the alined pipe sections 14. The neck 16 and thesockets .9 are pref erably each provided with an ir cernal screw thread,the thread of the neck 16 being adapted to engage an external thread onthe cock 1?, while the threads of the sockets 19 are adapted to engageexternal threads ,on the pipe sections 14.

By comparing Figs-2 and 3 it will be seen that the upper end wall 18 iscurved to semicylindrical form, while the web portions 19.v

of the sockets are formed as inwardly extending flanges. The innersurfaces of the flanges 19 and theinner surfaces of the upper end wall18 eoact in forming cylindrical internally threadedlsockets which areentirely within the area of the flask so that ble-to be broken orknockedoff. Y The end wall 18 and the sockets19 tak the place of the"transverse or head portion of an ordinary T,- and the body portion'ofthe flask below said end walls and sockets,

' together withthe neck lfi f ormed thereon, "take the place (f thesingle'arm portion'of .the T. It will be seen therefore that whenthe'codk 1'1 is open, water. may be drawn from the systeinas a whole; Itwill also be seen thatthe body p'ortion of the flask conthere are noprojecting nipples that are liastitutes a receptacle for sedirnent belowthe being of suitable capacit sediment likely to' be considerable p Theflask is preferably to contain all the eposited during a eriod of time.

this form ento be supported under the without projecting laterally I WQ-Which the-pipe sections may be in close proximity;

AE-conduit section of the character deys'eribed, comprising loiverf-endacontracted neckiadapted to be ect'ed; 'with anv outlet-controlling cock"2. flask having at its flask having at its upper-end posing portionsoblong in cross sec tion so that it has two relatively wide sides 1 andtwo narrow sides oredges,

abling the flask 10 pipe'sections 14 far enough to interfere with-anadjacent a semi-cylindrical wall extending at right 20 angles with theneck, the flask having inwardly extending semi-cylindrical flanges nearits upper'end, said flanges and the opof the said closed wall beinginternally threaded to form alined sockets for the receptionof threadedpipe sections, the body of the flask between the closed end and meekbeing unobstructed and constituting a'sediment receptacle, and the flaskas a whole constituting a substitution for an ordinary T.- I Intestimonyw ereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

v DON CURTIS LU'C E."

Witnesses: 4

C. F. BROWN, P. W. PnzzE'rrI.

